Today, Will Wynn unveiled the city’s anti-global-warming initiative, the aforementioned climate-protection plan. And it’s pretty ambitious – calling for all city facilities, fleets, and operations to be “totally carbon-neutral by 2020.” Hmm, now that couldn’t have anything to do with authorizing the electric utility to buy land for a (cleaner burning) coal plant in Matagorda County, could it?

Download the report and goals here.

This article appears in February 2 • 2007.

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